Spotlight Site of the Week!

The Quotable Franklin December marks the 275th anniversary of Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack. Explore Franklin's quotes here! http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/

Additional Sites:

• The Old Farmer's Almanac
  Publishes tide tables, sunrise tables, planting charts, recipes, and weather forecasts. See their kids site at www.almanac4kids.com
  http://www.almanac.com
• The World Almanac for Kids Online
  Offers games, quizzes, contests, and reference facts on topics like space, presidents, the environment, and animals.
  http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com
• Fact Monster - Almanac
  Find facts on thousands of subjects including sports, entertainment, technology, business, education, and health.
  http://www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html
• Infoplease - Daily Almanac
  Features birthdays, This Day in History, news, word quizzes, weather facts, crosswords, and more.
  http://www.infoplease.com/daily
• Baseball Almanac
  Features in-depth baseball facts, original baseball research, and baseball statistics not found anywhere on the Internet.
  http://www.baseball-almanac.com

Spotlight School of the Week!

Nottingham Elementary School Arlington, Virginia Submit your School/District

Spotlight Class of the Week!

Mr. Cermak's World History Central Dauphin Middle School Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Submit your Classroom

Judi's Corner

This week celebrates the December 10th birthday of Emily Dickinson: Dickinson Electronic Archives This website is devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices, writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work. http://www.emilydickinson.org